Light periods, thin lining and multiple miscarriages?

My name is Kim and I'm new to posting. I've now had 4 miscarriages in all. Here's my story. I became pregnant for the first time in Dec '09. Miscarried at 8 weeks. Became pregnant again in May '10 and miscarried again at 11 weeks. I had to have a D&C for both as recommended by my OB's.

Now to my periods. My periods have always lasted about 4 days going from normal bleeding to lighter towards the end. After the first miscarriage and D&C, my periods have been so scant. I'm talking about 1.5 days and light. I went to see and RE and during testing I got pregnant again even with the light period. We finished testing once I miscarried the 2nd time. Everything came back normal including HSG.

The RE prescribed 80mg baby aspirin to take right away, extra folic acid, progesterone 3 days after ovulation and lovenox 2 days after ovulation. Since this plan, I've gotten pregnant 2 months in a row, December '10 and January '11 and have had very early miscarriages or what they call "chemical pregnancies" each time. I don't even know what to do anymore.

I've read a lot on early miscarriages and light periods and they point to having a thin lining, which can cause miscarriages. I don't think my RE has ever looked at my lining and when I ask, they tell me not to worry because I'm getting pregnant.

I'm going in to see them in a few days, but would love to hear from anybody with any experience with any of the things that I mentioned above and if you were able to have a successful pregnancy. I just turned 34 a couple of weeks ago and am afraid that I will never be able to carry to term.

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Thanks for sharing what your doctor said - it sounds similar to my diagnosis. Since I posted that in February I've been taking vitex daily and having acupuncture once a week. My acupuncturist is trying to lengthen my cycles but so far nothing has happened. I have noticed many wonderful side effects from the acupuncture (I feel much happier, my muscle tension is gone, my concentration is improved, my acne is gone, and I have more energy) but nothing is helping my cycles. I haven't tried clomid/progesterone yet so I can't update on that. Let us know if you try it and what your outcome is!

Sorry for not updating. ¬†I got pregnant again, but unfortunately just like before saw a strong heartbeat at 6, 7 and 8 weeks to see no heartbeat at the 9 wk scan. ¬†¬†I just couldn't believe it. ¬†This was back at the end of March. ¬†At this point, it's either try again or do IVF. ¬†We decided to go ahead and try IVF. ¬†In my mind, I don't know how the result would be any different from conceiving naturally, because I don't ever have a problem conceiving, but my RE seems to think this will help.

My periods have not changed and are still short and light. ¬†I've had 1 HSG and 2 SHG's. ¬†All are normal. ¬†I'm going to have a hysteroscopy on July 21st, so I'll give an update then. ¬†

I've just wanted to inform you all and whoever going to read this tread.I believe you might suffer from Asherman's syndrome.To diagnose Asherman's syndrome you need to have a hysterescopy.Asherman's syndrome will happen especially if you have a misscariage that followed by a D&C.Unfortunately Hsg would not detect the problem and no, light period is not normal please insist a hysterescopy.I had 2 m/c which followed by D&C and after the first one my period got lighter.My doctor told me it is ok got pregnant 14 months later which ended again in m/c.My period stopped for 4 months.I started to search and I believed I had Asherman's syndrome .By the time I saw the consultant my period started like spotting but it was very painfull.They done a hysterescopy and find out that my cervix was closed and I had a scanty lining.I had a coil inserted and put on estrogen tablet for 6 weeks.The following month I got pregnant and gave birth to son who is 2 years old now.My period started 8 months ago because I was still breastfeeding him.I 've just wanted to inform everybody.

Hi everyone. ¬†Not sure if anyone's still around but you all sound EXACTLY like me! ¬†4 early mc's (less than 7 weeks) & ever since starting meds with the RE (1 round of follistim + 3 rounds of clomid with a diff RE) my periods have become very light and short. ¬†also have ¬† PCOS + long irregular cycles (~35 days or so).when not on meds.

the docs have never been able to diagnose anything except for low progesterone. ¬†one of the mcs that had low prog was later found out to be due to a chromosomal issue. both REs i've gone to felt that a better (more timely) ovulation would lead to a better quality embryo/corpus luteum/progesterone so their strategy was ovulation induction via meds to get me to O around CD14. ¬†first round of follistim worked but that one was a m/c due to chromosomal issues. ¬†(i o'd on CD 20 with that round and my lining was 5 so idk why the doc continued w/that cycle.) ¬†

last 3 rounds w/clomid (2 of those cycles were w/IUIs) haven't worked. ¬†doc says lining has been ok while on clomid but i wonder if he's just saying that b/c of my light periods. ¬†he doesn't seem to really "look" when doing the u/s and he NEVER measures the thickness. ¬†he just eyeballs it i guess. ¬†

i've been doing acupuncture w/chinese herbs off and on but it's so expensive i can't do it as much and as consistenly as i would like to. ¬†i do feel that it's helped me O but so far no sticky BFP. ¬†

doc wants to do IVF next but i feel so torn. ¬†supposedly it helps¬†to create a stronger embryo but it just seems so soon to move on to that! i would like to try a few more rounds of follistim but my doc seems to want to just bring out the big guns already and do the IVF. ¬†i'm not going to do IVF if i'm not ready but i also realize that the clock is ticking. ¬†(i'm 34, going on 35.) ¬†

Has anyone had success since they last posted? ¬†If so, what did it take to get your sticky BFP?

Hi Jewel91, I am finally having success so I wanted to share what has worked for me. I did 10 sessions of acupuncture and it never lengthened my cycle but it did make my periods stronger so I think it increased my lining thickness. I had to quit acupuncture for 6 months because we moved abroad and had to get situated before ttc again, but I got pregnant and I think the acupuncture has helped. I also had weekly ultrasounds during the first trimester which helped me feel calmer. I took progesterone suppositories and had progesterone shots 2x per week in my hip for the first 14 weeks. Also my doctors added low dose levythroxin for slightly elevated thyroid numbers and 20 mg lovenox daily in case I have an undiagnosed blood clotting disorder. I also took extra folic acid, baby aspirin, and B6 and B12. I don't know exactly what worked but I had take the baby aspirin, B vitamins, and progesterone in previous pregnancies so I think it may have been a combination of the acupuncture, lovenox and levythroxin. I'm now 31 weeks pregnant with a healthy baby and still can't believe that the doctors were able to help us so much. Our cases may be a little different but I hope you can find a doctor who is willing to try a few more things with you before going straight to IVF. For 3 years I really though we would never have kids of our own so hang in there, it can still turn around for you. Best wishes,

Hi Pria2! ¬†Shucks I didn't know you responded (didn't get a notification for some reason). ¬†Sorry to leave you hanging! ¬†Thanks so much for your info and congrats on your current pregnancy! ¬†I too feel like I might never had kids of my own so it's nice to see happy endings in here. ¬†Started seeing a new doctor and she had me try some estrogen patches + progesterone supps (Crinone suppositories). ¬†I didn't o til CD 27 though and that cycle was a BFN. ¬†But now she has me trying Letrazole to see if I respond better. ¬†I'm keeping my fingers crossed!!! ¬†:)